Example sentences of "but in the [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ None of the brothers ever heard any disturbance in the night , ’ said Owen sombrely , ‘ but in the night it must have been done , between Lauds and Prime . |
| 2 | But in the state they were in at present , both physically aroused , she trusted neither Luke nor herself should she prolong their presence here alone together in the tempting privacy of this suite . |
| 3 | It is somewhat let down by the front of the headstock , which is covered in sanding marks , but in the company it keeps here it 's the exception rather than the rule . |
| 4 | They have foremen , under-foremen , charge hands and so on , but in the pit they deputies down there . |
| 5 | He is using middleweight and light-heavyweight sparring partners in an attempt to make Cooney work faster , but in the session I watched he was not quick enough . |
| 6 | He is using middleweight and light-heavyweight sparring partners in an attempt to make Cooney work faster , but in the session I watched he was not quick enough . |
| 7 | The auricular surface ( articulating with the ilium ) is limited to the first and second sacral vertebrae in the female , but in the male it often extends to the middle of the third vertebra . |
| 8 | but in the position it was and everything |
| 9 | In its defence the computer points out that the problem lies not in its answer but in the question it was asked in the first place . |
| 10 | The RoboCop is basically a ‘ man in a suit ’ ; but in the story he has been so reconstituted that even his skin , seen only at his face and not much there until he takes off his helmet , is supposed to be toughened like plastic . |
| 11 | It was nearly dark , but in the half-light you could just make out four or five women fussing around a surprisingly elderly-looking girl trussed up in a red Rajasthani costume . |
| 12 | You ca n't see it from where you are standing , but in the kitchen we have an electric blender so that , if the need arises , replenishments of avocado dip can be provided at the touch of a button . |
| 13 | When Sophie did these vaccinations in the pet shop Mr Miller held each patient so firmly and expertly that the recipient hardly noticed was was happening until it was over , but in the surgery it was sometimes traumatic . |
| 14 | In a few species such recognition may be inborn , but in the majority it has to be learned by experience . |
| 15 | Other ‘ domatia ’ are more substantial structures and are known from over 400 species ( half in America , fewest in Africa ) in over 30 genera of trees and lianes : in A cacia they are in stipular thorns but in the rest they are in the stems , where the stems are sometimes swollen as in some species of Clerodendrum ( Verbenaceae ) . |
| 16 | But in the novel we can know people perfectly , and , apart from the general pleasure of reading , we can find here a compensation for their dimness in life . |
| 17 | Miliutin and other committed reformers had hoped to assign peasants the areas they were working already , but in the event they lost about 20 per cent of the land they had been using . |
| 18 | Everybody thought our train would be ambushed , but in the event we got out safely . |
| 19 | The great idea had been to hold Saturday Classes open also to members of the Women 's League and the Keep Fit Association , but in the event we encountered from our Sister Organisations a most unsisterly and almost total absence of support . |
| 20 | She told herself that if she did not look up she would not need to see it and after a while this not-looking would become habitual , but in the event she could not prevent her eyes from turning up to the campanile . |
| 21 | The elder Pinney , owner of the largest sugar plantations in Nevis , would certainly have been less pliable had he realized that his sons were allowing the new tenants to have Racedown rent-free ; but in the event he quickly warmed to the young poet , and welcomed him as a guest to the family 's town house in Bristol during the autumn of 1795 , the period which first brought Wordsworth into contact with both Coleridge and Southey.7sup18 ; |
| 22 | Given his military background , such a task should have been in the nature of coals to Newcastle , but in the event he was scrutinising his reflection in the mirror above the fireplace . |
| 23 | The insurgents in London in 1381 called for Fordham 's death , but in the event he suffered no more than damage to his house and wine-cellar . |
| 24 | At least , he may have begun in a monastery , but in the event he took orders and was for years a junior pastor somewhere in Worcestershire . |
| 25 | Saunders was sentenced to five years ' imprisonment but in the event he served only ten months having been released on the grounds that he was suffering from a dementia condition akin to Alzheimer 's disease . |
| 26 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 27 | The call had been made in good faith : a car had looked as though it might turn over , but in the event it had not . |
| 28 | The biggest error of all was for investment ; the Treasury expected a fall in volume terms of under 1% , but in the event it fell by 12% . |
| 29 | Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times . |
| 30 | This had been identified by the Allies as an Iraqi command and control centre , but in the event it proved to contain civilians , 300 of whom were reported killed . |